Reply to a Mockery — Page 34
34 Publisher Nūr Muhammad Proprietor Kar Kh a na Tijarat Kutub, Ar a m B a gh, Karachi) Here we would like to remind the reader that Maulana Noor Muhammad Naqshbandi was one of Maulaw i Sahib’s benefactors. He helped in the publication of Hadrat Shah Ashraf Ali Thanvi’s translation of the Holy Quran. In the foreword of this translation he pays tribute to the Promised Messiah as. Would that Maulaw i ‘Abul Bash i r and his cronies had the ability to become ‘preachers of the message of Islam’ like the Promised Messiah as! Maulaw i Sahib! Your leader and great scholar of the Ahrar, Chaudhry Af d al H aq, also clearly wished that other Muslim sects followed in the footsteps of this preacher. He writes: Before the Aryah Samaj came into existence, Islam was a lifeless body that had lost its sense of propagation. Among the many sects of Islam no group was willing to take up the duty of propagation of Islam. But here was one heart that was agitated at the insensibility of the Muslims and decided to do something about it. So he gathered a small group around him and decided to propagate Islam. He created such fervour in his community for this goal that it is not only an example for Muslims but for all commu- nities in the world wanting to preach their ideals. ( Fitna- e-Irtid a d aur Siy a s i Qal a b a zi a n, Chaudhry Af d al H aq, p. 46, Cooperative Steam Press, Lahore)